UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (Particulars of admissions and employment of non-citizen graduates in public and private sectors)

Mr J. F. Conceicao asked the Minister for Education if he will ascertain (a) how many (i) citizens, and (ii) non-citizens have been admitted to the University of Singapore for each year of the latest convenient three-year period; and (b) for the same period how many non-citizens who have graduated have accepted employment locally in (i) Government, and (ii) the private sector.

Mr Ahmad Mattar (for the Minister for Education): Mr Speaker, Sir, the number of citizens and non-citizens admitted to the University of Singapore for the last three intakes is as follows: Non-Citizens Citizens Per- Admittted(including Per-Admitted centage permanent residents) centage Total 1972-73 1,136 74.0 400 26.0 1,536 1973-74 1,396 82.5 296 17.5 1,692 1974-75 1,421 88.9 178 11.1 1,599

The only source where statistics on hte employment of non-citizen graduates can be obtained is the general survey on graduate employment conducted by the Economic Research Centre in August 1973. The survey covered the 1972 and 1973 batch of graduates and yielded the following results: Number of non-citizen graduates employed in Government and Statutory Boards Private Sector 1972 10 17 1973 10 13 However, it is to be noted that these figures do not reflect the ture picture as only 70.3 per cent of the 1972 graduates and 57.1 per cent of the 1973 graduates responded to the survey, and it was conducted only three months after the 1973 graduation when many graduates were still seeking employment.